Logs arrive

Lok N Logs dropped off 2 tractor trailers full of logs at the snow plow turnaround on Thursday the 10th. From that point, the dirt road is so narrow and twisty that you need a smaller truck. First truck was a commercial carrier and showed up at 9:30A, although I had been promised an 8A delivery time over and over. Right. Or maybe 9:30??

We used a JCB rough terrain forklift to unload the trucks and load up 3 trailers. At the site, a Lull (similar to the JCB) unloaded the trailers and carried pallets up the driveway. Once there, they got unloaded and the first 20 courses (rows from the bottom) got sorted. Each log is numbered and labeled, so easy to tell exactly where it goes in the wall.

Logs have a tongue on top and a groove on the bottom so they interlock. The tongue gets a foam gasket, and caulk at the edge, and then 9" log hog screws hold the logs in place. Seems very solid and very tight. Caulk oozes out here and there, and some cleanup is needed. Barry Campbell of LokNLogs came out Friday and led a training session. Tim Lee, Nick, Luke Waite and I got about 4 courses down. On Friday night, cousins Marty, Joe and Anne came up with a friend, Tess. Saturday was a bit rainy, but Marty and Joe made window and door frames and then we set them in place. The walls at the porch door were way out of level vertically, so we used a come-along and some braces to fix that. PJ and son Riley joined us on Sunday and we leveled the rest and set the frames in place along with a couple more courses.

M/T/W it was off to the races laying logs with all the braced frames keeping them honest. We lowered two small windows a few courses, as they were ridiculously high in the air. The designer lined up the heads with big windows which made no sense, and I did not catch the error till Monday. Tim and Nick figured out how to swap some rows so it still worked out.